Bob Dylan Canta A Dylan

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Album Info

Release Date: 1975

Label: Gramusic

Similar to Bob Dylan - Canta A Dylan but slight differences on Labels.

On rear cover and labels:
Grabado en directo (= Recorded Live)
Nº Original de Serie: SM-3728
Bajo licencia SAAR-JOKER, Italia

(P) 1975 GRAMUSIC
Made in Spain

On labels:
Autor de todos los titulos: Bob Dylan (= All titles written By Bob Dylan)

Dylan is not really the songwriter of them all. These are the right attributions (and actual titles, since a couple of them were wrong too):

A1 Stealin' - Attributed to Bob Dylan is actually a song first recorded by Memphis Jug Band in a recording session which took place on September 15, 1928, in Memphis, Tennessee, and was made popular later by Mississippi John Hurt. It has been frequently attributed to American blues musician Gus Cannon, though it might have predated him.
Recorded at Bonnie Beecher's home, Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 22, 1961.

A2 Hard Times In New York Again - B. Dylan
Written by Bob Dylan in November 1961, inspired on Woody Gutrie's "New York Town" song,
based on traditional "Down On Penny's Farm" song by The Bently Boys in 1929.
Recorded at Bonnie Beecher's home, Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 22, 1961.
The actual title of the song is "Hard Times In New York Town".

A3 Wade In The Water - Trad. spiritual first published in New Jubilee Songs as sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers (1901). It is associated with the songs of the Underground Railroad.
Recorded at Bonnie Beecher's home, Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 22, 1961.

A4 That's All Right Mama - Written and originally performed by blues singer Arthur Crudup, recorded in 1946. It is best known as the debut single recorded and released by Elvis Presley, also recorded by Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Grateful Dead.
Dylan Piano Version includes Instrumental "Sally Free And Easy" written by Cyril Tawney.
Recorded at CBS Studios, New York on October 23, 1963 at "The Times They Are A-Changin' " session, Dylan tried to Record this song several times on "Freewheelin' "sessions with a band.

A5 New Orleans Rag - B. Dylan
Recorded at CBS Studios, New York on August 12, 1963 at "The Times They Are A-Changin'" "
sessions, this melody was used later to "Motorpsyco Nightmare" song to the Album
"Another Side Of Bob Dylan" in 1964.

B1 Let Me Follow You Down - Eric Von Schmidt arr. of a trad. song, though made popular through its appearance on Bob Dylan's debut album Bob Dylan.
Recorded at Bonnie Beecher's home, Minnesota, Minneapolis on December 22, 1961.

B2 U.D. Blues - This might be really Woodie Guthrie's song "V.D. Blues," which chronicles a man's feelings after contracting venereal disease. Guthrie wrote several songs promoting the awareness and prevention of this STD, and Dylan recorded demos of many of them.
Recorded at Bonnie Beecher's home, Minnesota, Minneapolis on December 22, 1961.

B3 The Cough Song - B. Dylan
Recorded at CBS Studios, New York on October 24, 1963 at "The Times They Are A-Changin' "
sessions, actually Known as "Suze (The Cough Song).

B4 If I Could Do It All Over - B. Dylan
Recorded at Basement of Gerder's Folk City, New York, on February 8, 1963, with Happy Traum.
Actual title of the song is "All Over You".

B5 Cocaine Blues - Rev. Gary Davis arr. of a trad. roadsong.
Recorded at Bonnie Beecher's home, Minnesota, Minneapolis on December 22, 1961.

This album was published in Italy previously as Bob Dylan - A Rare Batch Of Little White Wonder Volume 2 in 1974.

Cover inspired on Milton Glaser pirint.